r/Starlink

Just wanted to post this because how ridiculously impressed I've been with the speeds I've been getting. Over the past month I've been dreading moving because I figured I wouldn't be able to game competitively due to StarLink being essentially the only option for internet. Everything I looked up said at best Starlink is mediocre for gaming if you have no other option but at least in my case it was a better option latency wise than what I had before (spectrum). Yeah it's way more expensive but I'm getting pretty consistent 23ms latency. Things may change with time but I just wanted to glaze a little due to how grateful I am that I can still compete and hopefully help others worry less about switching. Legit had the satellite sitting on my car with my garage practically blocking it for a week as temporary placement and it still ran amazing.

I have an actuated dish with the Gen 2 router we bought back in 2022 with the residential max plan. We are located in rural NW Montana. When I check the speed on the StarLink app, I’m getting circa 285 mbps download, 25 mbps upload, and 40 ms latency. When I play multiplayer online, the latency meter in-game reads circa 55-65. I’m playing on PS5 pro, using wi-fi, 5hz channel. The console is in direct line-of-sight of the router, about 25 feet away.

Two questions:

1. Is the 40ms ping I see in the app the absolute minimum amount of latency I can achieve on any device, whether it’s wired or using wi-fi?
2. If I move the router right next to the PS5, how much latency reduction would I see in my online games using wi-fi, if any?

I thought about using a third party router and bypassing the StarLink router, but if I can’t achieve lower than 40 ms latency anyway, I’m not going to spend the extra money.

Also, I am relatively inexperienced with this sort of thing, so I apologize if I sound ignorant lol. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks!

Recently my fiancé and I had moved into a new home and got starlink from previous owners. The previous owners had a weird set up where they had the cable run from dish to garage with router inside, then they ran an ethernet cable from the unattached garage into the house on the opposite side of where we want our office to be.

We recently bought a 300ft cable that i could easily run from the dish all the way to the office but after reading some things online im scared there wont be enough power to move the dish and possiblities of frying connections.

Should I try to install this cable? or am I better off making a waterproof box for the router and running ethernet cable from waterproof box to my house ?

I’m seeking advice about setting up Starlink in a rural home I’m purchasing. There is no internet service in the area. I need to know what I need to purchase to get the system up and running soon after settlement. The home is 2600-square-foot, lots of beams and walls. The garage is detached and I would like to extend the signal outdoors. I need good speed as I work on large files at home. I’m not a computer savvy person, please help

I am very curious to see what the traceroute troubleshooting command shows when you blast your packets into LEO. Can some very kind person please provide a screenshot in the comments? Maybe to 8.8.8.8? Feel free to redact your home IP address please. Thanks from a meek Spectrum customer.

I live in the UK and going to be camping in a field with no signal next Saturday and wanted to watch the football. Was looking at the website but found it a bit opaque so was hoping for help. What's the situation for the hardware, can I get it ordered to my house and then after the weekend send it back and just spend the £40.00 for the one month? We have a diesel generator on the land, should that be suitable to charge it? How quickly does the hardware take to arrive when ordered? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Meine ehrliche Erfahrung mit Starlink mitten in Frankfurt
Ich wollte hier mal meine Erfahrung mit Starlink teilen, weil mir so eine Einschätzung damals selbst sehr geholfen hätte.
Ich wohne mitten in Frankfurt und hatte vorher Vodafone. Das Problem war, dass Vodafone bei uns öfter Ausfälle hatte beziehungsweise die Verbindung immer wieder abgebrochen ist. Deshalb habe ich mich nach einer Alternative umgeschaut und bin bei Starlink gelandet.
Die Bestellung und Lieferung liefen wirklich problemlos. Ich habe montags bestellt, mittwochs war alles da und die Einrichtung hat direkt funktioniert. Da gab es nichts zu meckern.
Ich hatte das Max-Paket gebucht. Anfangs lag der Preis bei 65 € im Monat, später wurde er auf 75 € erhöht. Das war für mich auch ein Grund, nochmal zu überlegen, ob sich Starlink für uns wirklich lohnt. 75 € im Monat sind für Internet schon ordentlich viel Geld.
Am Anfang war ich wirklich begeistert. Ich hatte teilweise um die 500 Mbit/s und die Ausrichtung beziehungsweise Position war laut Starlink-App immer bei 100 %. Die Schüssel stand relativ frei und eigentlich so, wie man es sich für Starlink vorstellt.
Nach ein paar Tagen hat sich die Geschwindigkeit aber eher bei durchschnittlich 200 Mbit/s eingependelt. Höher ging es dann meistens nicht mehr. Dazu kamen immer wieder kurze Ausfälle. Gerade beim Fußballschauen, YouTube oder Streaming war das schon nervig. Teilweise hatten wir mit Starlink sogar mehr Unterbrechungen als vorher mit Vodafone.
Deshalb sind wir am Ende wieder zurück zu Vodafone gegangen. Bei uns gibt es in der Stadt eine 1000-Mbit/s-Leitung und aktuell auch ein Angebot für 19,99 € im Monat. Das ist im Vergleich zu 75 € für Starlink einfach deutlich attraktiver, wenn die Leitung stabil läuft.
Mein Fazit:
Wenn man auf dem Dorf wohnt, keine gute Leitung hat oder maximal 250–300 Mbit/s verfügbar sind, würde ich Starlink auf jeden Fall empfehlen. Gerade wenn sonst nur langsames oder instabiles Internet möglich ist, kann Starlink wirklich eine starke Lösung sein — auch für 75 € im Monat.
Wenn man aber mitten in der Stadt wohnt und Zugriff auf Kabel oder Glasfaser mit 1000 Mbit/s hat, würde ich Starlink eher nicht empfehlen. Dafür ist es meiner Meinung nach zu teuer und bei mir persönlich nicht stabil genug gewesen.
Für ländliche Gegenden: klare Empfehlung.
Für die Stadt mit guter Alternative: eher nicht.

Hi reddit,

In my region, residential (max) comes with Standart 4 (Router mini package); should I buy Router 3 separately to get better performance or will I be better off investing into the mesh system instead?

I placed an order on July 1st for a rental kit on July 1st. The estimated delivery is July 6th - 21st. How long do the rental kits take to ship? I’m in the northern part of the United States.

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I live in rural NY in a cellular dead zone, and I do not see that changing anytime soon.

My parents get their internet through a point-to-point wireless link that I provide from my house, which is about 500 yards away. I was lucky enough to get fiber run to my house years ago because I was teaching remotely at the time, and the local provider used that as the reason to extend service. About 20 other homes eventually signed up once the fiber was brought in.

The issue is power outages.

My parents have an instant-on backup generator, so their house stays powered during an outage. My house, however, does not have a whole-house generator. I travel a lot, and I really do not want to spend $10,000+ on a Generac just to keep my internet equipment running when I am not home. My current battery backup only lasts about 60 minutes.

When my power goes out, my parents lose internet because the point-to-point link from my house goes down, even though their house still has power.

I am looking for the least-hassle emergency backup solution.

Could Starlink be used as a temporary failover internet connection at their house? If so, what equipment would I need besides the Starlink dish to make it automatically fail over when the P2P link from my house goes down?

Has anyone here used Starlink as a backup WAN/failover connection for a rural home network? I am especially interested in real-world setups, router recommendations, and whether this is reliable enough for emergency use during power outages.

I made it clearer, less repetitive, and framed the actual technical question so people on Reddit are more likely to answer.

Why is my starlink only downloading less than 50mbs consistently when my device has registered speeds over 1gbs in the past and is set to 5ghz only, with no local area congestion in a vacant rural area, a latency of 23ms, no obstructions, perfect alignment, no ethernet cable, full signal, up to date in app and on equipment, while close to the router, throttling non-stop and getting 150-190mbs on very rare occasion, with no service plan limits with the 200mbs data plan? There’s no businesses anywhere around me to be effecting any ground stations, as well as only a handful of people I’ve never seen with a Starlink in a 10+ mile radius. It was working perfect the first time we set it up a couple days ago for hours, then stopped. The Starlink app says my speeds are consistently around 200mbs of course, but that’s absolutely not correct.

So I'm contemplating getting starlink, but I have some questions.

I do currently have home internet it is not fiber but it is high speed. But I also have a summer vacation property that has horrible internet service. I am thinking about changing all my internet to starlink and being able to take my internet with me to my summer property when I need to and then use it at home. Or take it camping when I go.

I am currently paying over $100 per month for Internet service.

I live in SW Ontario, Canada

What kind of equipment would I need & approximate cost in CAD. Thanks.

Hi all,
Trying to talk my parents into Starlink for their cottage. But they are hesitant to switch because they have a landline with their current internet. The landline will alert them when the power goes out so they can come down and make sure pipes don’t freeze.

Anyone know of a way starlink could do something similar?

Hi reddit,

I was curious on what is the maximum speed you can hit on Starlink but couldn't seem to find any specific posts talking about it. So, as the title suggests, I wanted to know the highest download speeds you ever got on it (please also add what hardware did you achieve it on)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/s/DwpW414s8C

It's been 3 months since my last post on this issue, and there has still been no resolution despite 1 or 2 updates. It amazes me that I only started having this issue just this year. Is anyone else experiencing major signal issues with their Gen 3 router?

At this point, I am considering purchasing a 3rd party router for my house, so please suggest some good ones. My budget is $50 (I hope that is realistic). Additionally, if I get a 3rd party router, should I put the Starlink router in bypass mode? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing that?